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Phil O wrote:Haven't seen a post from our old friend Shooshie for some time. Hope he's OK. Anyone heard from him?

Phil

cuttime wrote:He spends way too much time on Facebook. He's been cheating on us.

I moved to the ranch a couple years ago, but it took 18 months to get it ready to move my wife and pets and everything else. It’s been one of the hardest things I ever did, but we’re over the hump now, and things are starting to get easier. Or were, until this pandemic!

I decided to let go of the music business for a while, maybe indefinitely. WIthout music to push me, I have not had a desktop computer hooked up or turned on in 2 years. Strangest feeling ever. I used to know DP forward, backward, inside and out. Now I don’t remember if I could even boot it up! There’s a strong chance that I’ll get back into it in about a year. In the meantime, I’ve been practicing piano like a pro. Got my scales and arpeggios up to quarter note =160, in 16ths. My reading is getting better, and I’m enjoying perusing some of the tons of repertoire I’ve been collecting all my life. I never considered myself a pianist before, but now... maybe so.

I live about 14 miles from the nearest town, which has a population of 16,200. A lifelong Texan, I am now living in Oklahoma. That’s part of my reason for the music business hiatus. Not much music going on here, and there’s no internet out where I live. Just a cell tower 6 miles from here. Late at night I can stream video with occasional interruptions, but during the day it may take up to 15 minutes to send a text message. Hardly a chance of uploading more than a MIDI file, and updating apps and OSs? Fuggedaboudit.

Lots of work on the ranch. It keeps me awfully busy. But I think of you guys often, and wonder what everyone is up to. It means a lot to me that you reached out and said hello. Thanks!

My best to everyone...